October 19-23, 2015. Monday, October 19, 2015 Concrete and Abstract Nouns A noun is a word that...

October 19-23, 2015

Monday, October 19, 2015Concrete and Abstract Nouns

A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

Ex: musician, studio, guitar, hope

Nouns can be concrete or abstract. The examples listed above are all concrete except the noun hope.

Based on the examples listed above, explain the difference between a concrete and abstract noun.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015Think about some concrete and abstract nouns in your daily life.

List 5 concrete nouns and 5 abstract nouns. Concrete Abstract1. 1. 2. 2.3. 3.4. 4.5. 5.

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

NOUNS person, place, thing, ideacommon (n): names a general, begins with

lower case letter (city)proper (N): names a specific noun; begins

with a capital letter (Chicago)possessive (pos n, pos N): shows ownership

(girl’s, Roger’s) Make a bulleted list and write an example of

each of the above nouns: common, proper, and possessive

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Pronouns Takes the place of a noun (Copy the Ex.)

I, you, he, she, itwe, you, theyme, you, him, her itus, you, themmy, your, his, her, its, mine, yoursour, your, their, ours, yours, theirs

Friday, October 23, 2015ADJECTIVES

Copy into your English bindermodifies nouns (I have a green pen.)

and pronouns (They are happy.)tells which one, how many, what

kindarticles (art): a, an, theproper adjective (Adj): proper noun

used as an adjective (American flag)